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Winter set to be worst ever for A&E waits, health leaders warn
“We’re supporting and growing the health and social care workforce through training and recruitment campaigns at home and abroad, and there are record numbers of staff working for the NHS, including 9,300 more nurses and almost 4,000 more doctors compared to September 2021.” Source link
Forty-hour ambulance waits as NHS delays worsen
Woman, 85, endured “agonising” wait, with paramedics warning problems likely to worsen. Source link
Record numbers faced four-hour A&E waits in England in October
Only 69% of patients were seen, admitted or discharged within four hours in October, below the 95% target. Source link
Patients paying for private ops to avoid NHS waits
The BBC sees evidence of people taking out loans and turning to crowdfunding to pay bills of up to £15,000. Source link
Ambulance waits: ‘Can you please tell them to hurry up or I shall be dead’
As the health safety watchdog warns on ambulance delays, the BBC investigates the case of 94-year-old Ken Shadbolt. Source link
Gynaecology waits soar by 60% during pandemic
“However, staff are making progress on dealing with the Covid backlog with the latest data showing staff delivered more than half a million more tests, checks and procedures in January compared to the same month last year, while average waiting times for elective treatment are down by more than six weeks on their peak in … Read more
Record numbers facing long waits at A&E in Scotland
The latest weekly figures show 8,091 patients in Scotland were not seen in the four-hour target time. Source link
Sickest face record long waits for hospital bed
Ambulance queues When patients arrive at hospital by ambulance they should be handed over within 15 minutes. This data shows the proportion of ambulance patients who waited 30 minutes or more, in the week shown. It comes from daily situation reports which are published weekly during the winter in England. As this is fast-turnaround data, … Read more
Children face ‘agonising’ waits for mental health care
Data from half England’s specialist services found a fifth have waited more than 12 weeks in the pandemic. Source link